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I am curious to see why you like one or the others and everyone's thoughts?
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Bought a home for $170,000 in 2010. We spent $94,780 in capital improvements/renovations before moving out in 2020. We have been renting the house for the last three years ($27,240.00 annually in rental receipts). ...
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Commercial real estate analysts come with varying levels of expertise. How do you separate the fakers from the real experts? We ask our analyst candidates a mix of quantitative and qualitative questions to determine t...
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Hello BP! First post (hopefully first of many). So I am helping my parents take care of a property that now serves as an investment property in New Jersey. We initially bought it in 2005 and lived there till about 201...
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Hello everyone,I have spent a good amount of time learning about the multi-family and rental industry and am looking to get involved some time in the near future. I am looking to get into multi-family and/or distresse...
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Hi Folks!After a long career in the IT industry I am focusing my attention on real estate investing. However, I'm challenged with trying to make the right decision on the first property so that I can maximize what li...
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To get started in real estate investing, I am creating an LLC. In order to start, I will need to give my "LLC" self some money from my "personal" self for down payments, rehab costs, etc. I would like to eventually ...
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Hey all,Had something that I'd like to get some input on. I've recently been considering getting my realtor's license and using that as a way to get involved in the RE community while also building some capital and re...
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I was wondering what exactly is the difference between ROI and Cap Rate. From my understanding ROI is initial investment/net income x 100.
Is this the same for the cap rate, or is it calculated differently?
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To date, in 5.5 years I have generated 95 sales from cold calling as a residential real estate agent. I am now transitioning to generate leads for commercial/ mid to large multi family. If you are a part of a commerci...